Bamenda, Biya is coming with his army!

By Franklin Sone Bayen President Paul Biya will be on a delicate mission to Bamenda in the coming weeks. Announcing it at the EMIA cadets’ graduation a fortnight ago, Biya did not give a date, though it is obvious it could be on January 1, 2010. He said he would be chairing Cameroon Armed Forces Day 50th anniversary ceremonies there. Armed Forces Day being January 1, your guess can only be as good as mine that the president will...

Even Anglophone journalists don't believe in Anglophone press

By Franklin Sone BayenListening to news on one of the Yaounde private FM stations this Tuesday, December 8, I wasboth gladand sad.Gladbecause unlike our greater-than-anything else CRTV, this private station once again (they often do) was aluding to a story first reported by a private newspaper, kind of endorsing them as a credible source. Elsewhere in the world, radio, TV and newspapers source stories from each other conveniently....

Cameroon: World Cup, yes. But Nations Cup first

By Franklin Sone BayenOur qualification and greater ambitions for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa should not in anyway blunt our lethal power at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Angola. This country has often been hard put to manage both tournaments in the same year. It is as though World Cup euphoria downplays Nations Cup importance.Excepting 2002 when we won the Nations Cup even as we were in for the World Cup, the story...